Health insurer Humana Inc. reports third-quarter financial results on Monday before the market opens.WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Lower use of the health care system and slowing commercial enrollment have boosted financial performances for health insurers in the second and third quarters. Earlier this month,...

(University of Florida) Two University of Florida researchers and their international colleagues have used mathematical models and maps to estimate the feasibility of eliminating malaria from countries that have the deadliest form of the disease.

CHICAGO, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New data presented today at The 2010 European Headache and Migraine Trust International Congress (EHMTIC) shows that persons with chronic migraine (headache on greater than or equal to 15 days per month) are much more likely to have annual...

Gen-Probe Inc. said Thursday its profit increased in the third quarter as the diagnostic test maker's revenue grew 8 percent amid higher revenue from blood screening products.But the company pared back its forecast for full-year results, sending its shares down $4.06, or 8.3 percent, to $45 in...

NuVasive Inc. said Thursday its profit climbed in the third quarter as the medical device maker's revenue grew 27 percent.But its shares tumbled sharply because the company downwardly revised its earnings and revenue estimates for the year.NuVasive reported net income of $8.5 million, or 21...

NuVasive Inc. said Thursday its profit climbed in the third
quarter as the medical device maker's revenue grew 27 percent.But
its shares tumbled sharply because the company downwardly revised
its earnings and revenue estimates for the year.NuVasive reported
net income of $8.5 million, or 21...

(University of Granada) Researchers at the University of Granada are analyzing how sleep disorders affect risk perception in driving. For the purpose of their study, the Faculty of Psychology employed three last-generation simulators developed by the company Honda Motor Co.

(University of Liverpool) Scientists at the University of Liverpool have completed the first major review of diagnostic methods and treatments for a rapidly evolving virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease in children.

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 28 /- ASTRO Booth # 201 -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR ) will highlight its new TrueBeam™ system for fast, powerful and efficient cancer treatments at the 52nd annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in San Diego next week....

(University of Liverpool) Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have called for tighter advertising regulations after a study revealed unhealthy foods are more likely to be advertised during children's peak viewing times than at any other point in the broadcasting schedule.